November 12th, 2019 – With the purchase of a second REALice system for the Green rink at the G.R. Pearkes Arena, the era of flooding ice rinks with hot water is coming to an end in Saanich, BC. In 2016, the District of Saanich installed their first REALice system at Pearkes' Gold rink. It...
Vancouver, November 6th, 2019 - The District of Sparwood installed a REALice system this summer to turn off the hot water for all of their ice resurfacing. “We are very excited to have the REALice system in our arena,” says Duane Lawrence, Director of Community &...
October 26, 2019 – The Vadnais Sports Center in Vadnais Heights, MN installed a REALice system for their indoor twin ice arena more than two years ago. Electric and natural gas utility Xcel Energy offered a rebate to Ramsey County to install the energy-saving water treatment system that amounted...
Can REALice make positive improvements to the way you operate your arena? The Idaho Ice World in Boise, ID thinks so. In fact, it's taken them to a whole new level. "Our Ice Game Has Stepped Up 100%!" The Idaho Ice World installed REALice this past summer on their...
Pechanga Arena San Diego has been using REALice to make its ice since March, 2018. The 14,000-seat AEG-owned facility is home to the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League and off-ice events like Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live and concerts like country singer Luke Combs. Here at REALice, we’re proud of the installation. And so is their...
REALice is making a pretty significant difference to the greenhouse gas emissions our clients’ facilities. Each sheet of ice resurfaced with REALice saves up to 41 tons of CO2 from going into the atmosphere each year. Forty-one tons may not seem like a lot, but it’s...
If you dread opening your rink’s electric bill, you’re not alone. It’s very expensive to run an indoor ice arena, and utility costs keep going up. That's why you need REALice. REALice will make your arena more sustainable. And it will save you a ton of...
If city water didn’t have so much air in it, everyone could use cold water to resurface their ice. But that’s not the way it is. Cold water holds much more air than hot water – and one way to remove that air is by heating the...
Hazelton, BC, August 2019 - The brand new Upper Skeena Recreation Centre in Hazelton, BC, owned by the Regional District of Kitimat Stikine and scheduled to open early September, has just received their REALice system. Installing REALice is easy and will take a certified plumber 1 - 2 hours to ensure that all...
The City of Kelowna decided to equip their Memorial Arena with REALice and benefit from the 20K FortisBC rebate. Kelowna has already been using a system at their Rutland Arena serving two ice pads for several years with great success. The City will be the 12th municipality in Canada repeatedly investing in REALice for their arenas...